NetworkManager + 802.1x wired? [Re: very common kernel modules slow down the boot process]

[Martin Sourada]

On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 15:09 -0500, Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Harald Hoyer <harald at redhat.com> wrote:
> > Bill Nottingham wrote:
> > >
> > > > correct… seems to be started by NM / dbus according to the bootchart…
> > > >
> > >
> > > This *should* be in the background and not actually be delaying the boot.
> >
> >  The point is: Why is it started anyway? I have *no* wireless! No need to
> > eat disk/CPU resources (which *is* delaying the boot).
> 
> Authentication isn't just for wireless anymore...  Many network
> switches can be configured to require 802.1x authentication from a
> system before allowing access to the network.  I'll be looking into
> enabling 802.1x authentication here at work this summer.  This is a
> case of having things "just work" - having the world's fastest boot
> time shouldn't be the ultimate goal here.
> 
> Jeff
> 

Speaking of which... Is there a way to configure NetworkManager to
authenticate to 802.1x wired network? Not that I mind running ifconfig,
xsupplicant, dhclient by hand but nm could simplify a life a lot :)

Martin
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